title: Ultrasonographic detection of foreign bodies in soft tissue. A human cadaver study.
abstract: The usefulness of ultrasound in the detection of foreign bodies was examined in a blind study in human cadavers using glass, plastic and wood as foreign bodies. Of 65 foreign bodies placed in 102 cicatrices, 58 were found using a 5 MHz transducer. The sensitivity was 89% and the specificity 93% making ultrasound a useful clinical tool for this purpose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics T, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blyme
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schantz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavard
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013848:Thigh; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics